Texas Tech University Athletics
Texas Tech Volleyball Earns Votes in Preseason Poll
June 21, 1999 | Women's Volleyball
August 11, 1998
LUBBOCK, Texas - The Texas Tech volleyball team earned 52 points in the annual 1998 preseason USA Today/AVCA coaches poll released by the AVCA on Tuesday. The Red Raiders earned the 34th-most votes in the poll, voted upon by the nation's volleyball coaches. The 52 points were the most points a Texas Tech volleyball team has received over the last two years. Texas Tech will play nine teams and 14 matches against teams receiving votes including BYU, UC-Santa Barbara, Texas (two matches), Colorado (two matches), Texas A&M (two matches), Oral Roberts, Oklahoma (two matches), Kansas State (two matches) and Northern Illinois.
Practice for head coach Jeff Nelson's volleyball team also began today in Women's Gym on the Texas Tech University campus. Practice times are 8:30 a.m., 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
USA TODAY/AVCA Coaches Top 25 Preseason Poll
Aug. 11, 1998
Rk School Points '97 Record Final '97 Rank 1. Penn State (29) 1446 34-2 2 2. Long Beach State (17) 1418 33-2 3 3. Southern California (5) 1279 23-6 9 4. Stanford (7) 1210 33-2 1 5. Nebraska (1) 1204 27-7 8 6. Florida 1165 34-3 4 7. Wisconsin 1143 30-3 5 8. BYU 1070 29-6 7 9. Texas (1) 1040 25-7 10 10. UC-Santa Barbara 938 31-5 6 11. Pacific 886 23-9 16 12. Colorado 795 22-9 14 13. Ohio State 514 24-11 15 14. Hawai'i 508 25-8 25 15. Arkansas 494 30-6 21 16. Notre Dame 471 25-9 18 17. Michigan State 438 19-8 N/R 18. UCLA 399 16-12 N/R 19. Texas A&M 386 26-8 13 20. Loyola Marymount 381 22-7 17 21. San Diego 331 26-4 20 22. Washington State 330 26-7 12 23. Washington 321 20-10 11 24. Florida State 172 25-9 N/R 25. Pepperdine 149 23-6 24Others Receiving Points: Colorado State (103), Arizona (94), Michigan (90), Maryland (88), Georgia (72), Houston (72), Illinois (67), Minnesota (64), TEXAS TECH (52), Kansas State (49), Oklahoma (34), Utah (34), Oral Roberts (25), Clemson (23), Northern Illinois (22), South Carolina (21), Fresno State (12), Louisville (12), Sacramento State (11), Ball State (9), Oregon State (8), San Diego State (8), Central Florida (7), Arizona State (6), South Florida (6), Illinois State (5), Temple (5), Cal Poly SLO (4), Miami (OH) (3), Auburn (2).
